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Aurora roja, Joseph's Coat

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA

Description:

Red color tree or shrub, now it is 1.2m height. It now has about 1.5 years , so I can't really tell.

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4 Comments

AndresDuarte
AndresDuarte 11 years ago

BTW i think its not native to Guatemala, it was in a garden

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

Good catch

AndresDuarte
AndresDuarte 11 years ago

I think I found it: ACALYPHA WILKESIANA, Joseph's Coat http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/imag...

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

Is this native or a transplant? It looks like a type of red leaf dogwood.
Cornus Baileyii (Redtwig Dogwood)

AndresDuarte
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AndresDuarte

Spotted on Aug 18, 2012
Submitted on Aug 24, 2012

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